The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai, by Ruiyan Xu, tells the story of a Chinese businessman who, after a traumatic accident, loses the ability to speak Chinese. It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED ...

One of the most intriguing questions relating to bilingualism is whether a language acquired in very early childhood, and then forgotten, is in fact still present. In the last 20 years, researchers ...

Many of us learn a foreign language when we are young, but in some cases, exposure to that language is brief and we never get to hear or practice it subsequently. Our subjective impression is often ...

This list of 10 endangered languages in the world contains languages that are rarely used and might soon be forgotten. Language is one of the vital parts of human ...